Posted on 11/09/2002 9:31:25 AM PST by rs79bm
It's simply amazing that there are those who'd sacrifice Freedom for the temporary perception of "safety". Those who'd sacrifice Freedom deserve neither Freedom nor safety.
That's been the plan all along. Add the "domestic violence" issue, where a woman with a hair up her butt can walk into any courthouse in America in order to get a "restraining order" which requires the defendent to turn in ALL firearms under the threat of being convicted as a felon, things are becoming QUITE clear to those of us that still have eyes and ears as well as a mind that isn't numb.
This isn't just packet sniffing. This is database triangulation -- all of that "private" marketing data, credit data, banking, etc., all coming together in a database that gets analyzed by algorithm for patterns of behavior.
Marketers pay billions for the data on us, just to learn how to control our buying behavior... and it always works. Spending 10 million on an ad campaign that has nothing to do with your product will increase your sales more than lowering your prices.
This will not only be a privacy invader, it will be an analysis tool for designing and implementing propoganda.
Probably some Indian sweat shop or a bunch of H1-B visa workers here in the US.
If this is any example of what he wants, we're ALL in for some seriously dangerous times ahead...
Yeah, maybe they'll give them a scholarship to attend a university in order to earn a Bachelors in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering. Thing is though, they'd have to learn how to get along with Muslims at work, as there are MANY of them here on H1-B.
I'm late to the thread, but count me among those who do give this type of intrusion very serious thought. I think the recent elections giving Republicans complete control of the government will be seen to be one more step towards a dictatorship.
When either side has such an advantage, it becomes easy for them to foist something like this onto Americans. Sadly, there are too many people out there like rs79bm who believe such a system will not be used against them eventually.
Whether a D or an R is in office, the slide towrds complete tyranny remains steady.
That is a sad fact. D=R.
Think about these facts.
The democrats are for abortion and the "gay" life style. Ok, that'll go far in convincing Americans to vote for them.
The republicans are for layoffs of US workers so that they can be replaced by foreign nationals pretty much hostile to the US. That and they're for pollution of the environment and welfare for the rich.
BOTH of them are for REALLY big government and the redaction and eventual elimination of the US Constitution.
Gee, whom should we vote for?
Oh damn, let's call it for what it is. The democrats are all for the wholesale slaughter and murder of the most innocent amongst us, little babies that are trapped in their mother's womb. There, now that was more accurate.
H1-B are more dependable and they are not infected with quaint obsolete constitutional ideas.
So what is the composite outline of this bipartisan project?
Forced integration across the open borders, free abortion, homosexual training in the schools and workplace, Dickensian free market competition for the poor - welfare for the big business, military/police/prisons the main items in the budget, "free" speech constrained to the remote areas (maybe next to the casino in the Indian reservation?), final separation/exclusion of religion from public sphere, drugging of students and workers (Ritalin etc ...), global empire etc, etc ... Did I miss something?
25 Rules of Disinformation -- "5. Sidetrack opponents with name calling and ridicule. This is also known as the primary attack the messenger ploy, though other methods qualify as variants of that approach. Associate opponents with unpopular titles such as "kooks", "right-wing", "liberal", "left-wing", "terrorists", "conspiracy buffs", "radicals", "militia", "racists", "religious fanatics", "sexual deviates", and so forth. This makes others shrink from support out of fear of gaining the same label, and you avoid dealing with issues."
You refuse to deal with what I've said -- #5 is what you do -- I keep it bookmarked for posts like yours.
The NY Times' references to what Poindexter said are poor. You don't even argue that. So we are left with the DARPA TIA slide, any dangerous specifics of which the NYTimes or you have not articulated.
From my FR homepage -- "What bothers me most, is the lack of critical thought I see throughout the country and sometimes even here at FreeRepublic."
If you don't like that I question your presentation of what you posted, then go some place else where people can read your posts and kiss your feet.
The governments imposition on our privacy is an important issue -- in fact pretty damn important. I don't completely trust our standing administration and I don't trust the enemies of the current standing administration even more.
Your presentation as stated does not lead me to conclude that the current administration is plotting to F* with our privacy.
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